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Putin to keep within the law in terror hunt: UN
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to stay within international law in the hunt for the perpetrators of two bomb attacks in the city of Volgograd, the United Nations said.
31 December 2013
Evacuation in North Dakota town after fiery oil-train explosion
A freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in the US state of North Dakota Monday, sending a massive plume of toxic smoke skyward and forcing the evacuation of part of a small town, US media reported.
31 December 2013
Nursultan Nazarbayev condolences Russia
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent his condolences to Russian President Putin over the terrorist attacks in Volgograd.
30 December 2013
Twin Russia blasts expose Olympic security threat
Successive-day bombings on a railway station and trolleybus in Russia's heartland expose the challenge President Vladimir Putin faces in ensuring a safe Olympics on the edge of the violence-plagued North Caucasus.
30 December 2013
Russia attack caused by suicide bomber, toll up to 14
A deadly bombing on a packed trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd was caused by a male suicide bomber as the official death toll rose to 14 people.
30 December 2013
Two more videos of car exlposion in Almaty center
Auto.Lafa.kz has posted two more videos of Nissan Cefiro explosion in the center of Almaty city.
20 December 2013
Car explodes in center of Almaty
A Nissan Cefiro has exploded in the center of Almaty city.
19 December 2013
Aktau oil tanker explosion: train driver transferred to Burn Center in Astana
The train driver Berik Kulbarakov who suffered burns in the oil tanker explosion near Aktau has been transferred to the Burn Center in Astana.
25 November 2013
Fuel truck explosion expertise gives up on causes - no one is responsible
All criminal charges have been dropped in the case of Helios petrol truck explosion in Almaty.
11 November 2013
Explosion during Paris musical rehearsal injures at least 15
Around 15 people were injured on Friday, five of them seriously, in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical, just hours before the show was due to start, police sources and an employee said.
09 November 2013
'Female suicide bomber' kills five on bus in Russia
A suspected female suicide bomber set off a blast on a bus packed with students in southern Russia, killing at least five people and raising security fears.
22 October 2013
'Forget Hollywood': Germany trains Syria chemical team
An explosion rips through a chemical weapons depot. Bleeding victims stumble out of the building and scream for help.
22 October 2013
At least one dead in blast near mosque in Russian Caucasus
At least one person was killed early on Friday when a bomb exploded outside a village mosque in the Russian Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
19 October 2013
Seven dead in Vietnam firework factory explosion: state media
At least seven people died early Saturday in an explosion at a fireworks factory within a military complex.
13 October 2013
Clashes as Iran exiles claim dozens dead in Iraq raid
Clashes and explosions were reported in a camp housing Iranian exiles, with the group claiming Iraqi troops killed more than 50 of their members, charges officials steadfastly denied.
02 September 2013
One more victim of shell explosion in Kazakhstan's Otar dies
A shell exploded during utilization in Kazakhstan killing 3 and wounding 5.
29 August 2013
Shell explosion in Kazakhstan's Otar kills 2 and injures 6
Seven people have suffered thermal burns when a shell exploded at Orat railroad station in Zhambyl oblast.
28 August 2013
Argentina gas explosion toll hits 14
Argentine rescue workers recovered the body of a man from the ruins of an explosion-shattered apartment building late Friday, raising the confirmed death toll in the disaster to 14.
10 August 2013
Colombia's largest oil pipeline attacked
Colombia's largest oil pipeline was hit by an explosion causing a significant oil spill in an attack blamed on leftist guerrillas.
30 July 2013
Six dead in Philippines restaurant blast
Six people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb exploded at a restaurant in the southern Philippines.
28 July 2013